September 30
Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters
Honour truth and reconciliation by wearing an orange t-shirt to support Residential School Survivors and to remember the children who never returned home. The legacy of residential schools is a discussion for all Canadians to have. It’s an opportunity to acknowledge survivors and those who have been affected.
For more information, visit: orangeshirtday.org
The Community Outreach and Workforce Development Department is pleased to be welcoming Nivedita Lane to the team as our new Manager of Community Partnership Development. Over the past few years Nivedita has held the position of Coordinator of the First Year Transition Program at Humber College in the Student Success and Engagement Department. In this capacity she has also been responsible for developing and implementing the Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Toronto “Pumped for Post-Secondary” program in collaboration with the School of Liberal Arts and Science.
Nivedita brings a strong background in community development and program evaluation. She has worked with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada on National Projects as the Manager of Youth Education Programs and also locally with the Albion Neighbourhood Services in the Rexdale/Jamestown community, in the role of Youth Engagement and Program Coordinator. Among her involvements through this role Nivedita was responsible for overseeing service delivery of education and student success programs and was also the co-chair of the Neighbourhood Action Table in the Rexdale community. In addition to the above experience in community based programing, she has worked as a research assistant with the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth working with the Children’s Program Team.
Nivedita will be bringing both her community based experience and her experience in post-secondary together in this new role. Her educational background consists of a Bachelor of Education and she is in the process of completing her Masters of Education, with a special focus on adult education and community development.
Nivedita will be joining us on September 29th.
Geraldine Babcock
Director, Community Outreach and Workforce Development
Dear Colleagues:
I am pleased to announce a reorganization of the Division of Student and Community Engagement.
In order to continue providing the highest quality of service and to support seamless access and referrals for students, some units within the Division of Student & Community Engagement have been realigned. Recent vacancies, in addition to the evolution of divisional goals, have necessitated the opportunity to take advantage of existing synergies within units. The timing of the reorganization will allow for better alignment and more efficient use of key student success functions as we prepare for 2018-19 budget planning and to deliver on the outcomes of the 2018-2023 Strategic Plan.
The following changes will take effect October 2nd, 2017:
Meg Houghton will assume the role of Associate Dean, Student Wellness & Equity. Meg will maintain accountability for all Student Wellness & Accessibility programs (Health, Counselling, Accessible Learning Services and related activities), in addition to Testing Services. Meg will now also provide leadership to the areas of Student Conduct, Residence Life, Student Support & Intervention, and Student Diversity & Inclusion.
Chantal Joy will take on the role of Associate Dean, Transition & Academic Support. Chantal will maintain accountability for Integrated Advising activities, Career Services, Learning Support Services, and Employer and Placement support. Moving forward, the areas of Orientation, Transition, First Year Experience programs, Co-Curricular Record and Leadership Development will be joining the Transition & Academic Support unit.
Both of these positions will report to the Dean of Students, and will be part of the Department of Student Success and Engagement, in order to best achieve maximum alignment with departmental and institutional goals.
Please join me in wishing Meg and Chantal success in taking on these expanded responsibilities.
Sincerely,
Jason Hunter
VP, Student & Community Engagement
Humber College is excited to join Dropbike to bring an affordable, Canadian bike-share service to campus at Lakeshore and at North Campus. The service is available to all Humber students (18 years of age and older), staff and faculty including our neighbouring community. There are currently 50 bikes available at North and Lakeshore Campus!
What this means:
There will be an increase in the number of bikes and on campus cyclists throughout the day and evening. Please be more aware and respectful of their presence and be more alert when driving and riding.
We have safety instructions and more details about the program available here: humber.ca/facilities/parking-transportation/bike-share-program
Humber Galleries is launching a fresh new vision with our fall show. We are declaring our earnest affection for creative people who help us see to the world and ourselves differently.
Into You is a group exhibition presented across our two locations, Fall in Deep at North Space and On the Edge at L Space. Crushes can be confusing, exciting, and all-consuming—like being on the edge of a great void and surrendering to an intense feeling. The desire to be accepted by someone else can amplify self-conscious feelings of difference. And yet, as revolutionary poet Sonia Sanchez has written, ‘you can’t have relationships with other people until you give birth to yourself.’ Into You highlights artmaking as a meditative act of self-discovery. Like any great infatuation, the deeper one goes, the more there is to discover.
Featuring works by Omar Badrin, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Allyson Mitchell, Jagdeep Raina, and Xiaojing Yan, Into You dives deep into the compulsion to create variations of forms that are strangely attractive. They beg to be noticed. Through pastel drawings, crochet, sculpted paper, found textiles, video, and digital drawings on an iPhone, each artist tells a story about themselves, their communities, and how others see them. On the Edge at L Space explores visibility and invisibility at the margins. Who or what goes unnoticed, blends in, and stands out? Fall in Deep at the North Space houses cocoons and second skins. These are protective spaces for transformation, becoming, and turning inward in total surrender. Together, the exhibitions are about belonging on one’s own terms.
Into You: On the Edge
Omar Badrin, Francisco-Fernando Granados, Allyson Mitchell, Jagdeep Raina, and Xiaojing Yan
Curated by Alissa Firth-Eagland and Farah Yusuf
August 29 - November 24, 2017
L Space
Lakeshore Campus
Room L1002
19 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive
Toronto, ON M8V 4B6
Into You: Fall in Deep
Omar Badrin, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Allyson Mitchell, and Xiaojing Yan
Curated by Alissa Firth-Eagland and Farah Yusuf
August 29 - October 20, 2017
North Space
North Campus
LRC 1st Floor
205 Humber College Boulevard
Toronto, ON M9W 5L7
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
*North Space open Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
For additional information please contact alissa.firth-eagland@humber.ca, visit humbergalleries.ca, or find HumberGalleries on social media.
Image credit: Omar Badrin, Cry Baby, soft polyurethane tubing, nylon industrial fishing twine and mason line, 2015
Image courtesy of the artist
You would have been forgiven for thinking the School of Health Sciences was having a picnic.
After all, blankets covered much of the open grassy space in the Humber Arboretum, with room for 110 participants to stand and move around comfortably.
But over the next 90 minutes, the blankets had been folded again and again until they were small patches of cloth. Fewer than a quarter of the original participants were left to balance precariously on each small spot, surrounded by empty space. Others sat in chairs that circled the blanketed area, quiet and thoughtful and, for some, teary.
This was no picnic: faculty and staff from Humber’s School of Health Sciences were participating in an Indigenous education activity known as the Blanket Exercise.
Developed 20 years ago by Kairos Canada, a faith-based human rights group, the interactive exercise teaches participants about five centuries of Indigenous history on the northern part of Turtle Island (now Canada), using narration and physical movement to illustrate the devastating effects of colonization, disease and assimilation initiatives.
Read the full story on Humber Today.
We would like to draw your attention to a few upcoming deadlines for Applied Research & Innovation (ARI) funding opportunities. If you are interested in applying to any of these programs, please contact Krista Holmes (krista.holmes@humber.ca) as soon as possible. The earlier we know about your plans to apply, the better we will be able to support you in submitting your application!
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. $7,000 to $25,000 can be awarded for events, and up to $50,000 for other outreach activities.
ARI Expression of Interest Deadline: October 1, 2017
Humber Application Deadline: October 15, 2017
SSHRC Application Deadline: November 1, 2017
Community and College Social Innovation Fund
Community and College Social Innovation Grants are intended to support college social innovation research projects in areas such as education, integration of vulnerable populations, and community development, in partnership with local community organizations. Up to $120,000 can be awarded per year for up to two years. Application instructions are now available online, and applications will open on October 12, 2017.
ARI Expression of Interest Deadline: October 16, 2017
Humber Application Deadline: November 1, 2017
SSHRC Application Deadline: December 1, 2017
Partnership Engage Grants provide funding to support the short-term needs, challenges and opportunities of researchers and institutions. $7,000 to $25,000 can be awarded for projects that strongly emphasize the relevance to, and involvement of, partner organizations.
ARI Expression of Interest Deadline: November 1, 2017
Humber Application Deadline: December 1, 2017
SSHRC Application Deadline: December 15, 2017
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Connect Grants provide targeted financial support to encourage post-secondary researchers at universities and/or colleges to connect with industry and other knowledge end-user communities in order to form new partnerships. Between $5,000 and $25,000 can be awarded for up to one year. All activities must take place within Canada.
ARI Expression of Interest Deadline: ongoing
Humber Application Deadline: ongoing
SSHRC Application Deadline: ongoing
Engage Grants are designed to give innovative companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities available at Canadian universities and colleges. These grants are intended to foster the development of new research partnerships by supporting short-term research and development projects aimed at addressing a company-specific problem. Up to $25,000 can be awarded for up to sic months.
ARI Expression of Interest Deadline: ongoing
Humber Application Deadline: ongoing
SSHRC Application Deadline: ongoing
Humber ARI will also be launching a new fund in the coming months with a January application deadline. Stay tuned for more information!
If you are interested in applying for any of the funding opportunities listed above or if you would like more information about Applied Research & Innovation opportunities at Humber, please contact:
Krista Holmes
Associate Dean, Applied Research & Innovation
krista.holmes@humber.ca
Humber is holding student consultation sessions.
| North Campus October 2, 2017 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. LRC Concourse (1st floor) |
Lakeshore Campus October 4, 2017 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. L Commons |
| Carrier Drive October 3, 2017 11:45 a.m.- 1 p.m. Learning Commons Area |
Orangeville Campus October 11, 2017 12 p.m - 2 p.m. 2nd Floor Hallway |
Please assist us in obtaining their input by asking your students to come out and participate.
Counselling Services is excited to announce the launch of a new counselling group for students starting this fall 2017: Healthy Minds for Stressful Times. It will provide students with:
Details:
Please promote to your students:
Students are not required to sign up in advance; students can attend as many sessions as they like.
Contact: Rose Anthony at rose.anthony@humber.ca
Healthy Minds for Stressful Times works from an anti-oppression framework. We recognize that students face systemic oppression on the basis sexual and gender orientation, race, body size, class, disability, immigration status, country of origin, culture, age and religion. We are committed to creating an environment that celebrates diversity, and challenges all forms of oppression.
This month Tara Lew will be leaving Humber after 15 years with the College and the Centre for Teaching and Learning. Tara has touched the lives of so many of us in the Humber community with her wit, charm, eternal optimism, teaching and learning savviness, and overall ability to transform any classroom into a thriving learning environment.
Celebrate her dedication to Humber by donating to the Tara Lew Scholarship fund in honour of her career at Humber. The funds raised will be used to establish a new student scholarship in Tara’s name. All donations will receive a tax receipt.
Make a donation in honour of Tara Lew
humber.ca/giving
416.673.0152
giving@humber.ca